Everything we know about One Piece: Grand Gourmet

The phenomenally successful anime, One Piece, is getting a restaurant management game. Of course it is. Why would it not? This is going to be huge, though, so let’s dig in and see what we know about One Piece: Grand Gourmet so far.

Bandai Namco has announced One Piece: Grand Gourmet, a new restaurant management sim based on Eiichiro Oda’s long-running manga and anime series. Instead of another fighting game, musou spin-off, or pirate action adventure, this one puts players alongside Sanji and the Straw Hat Crew as they attempt to build the greatest floating restaurant on the seas.

Developed by Kairosoft, the studio best known for its compact and dangerously moreish management sims, One Piece: Grand Gourmet looks like a much gentler take on the franchise. There will still be plenty of familiar faces, however, with Bandai Namco promising more than 400 characters from across the One Piece universe.

Here is everything we know so far about One Piece: Grand Gourmet, including its release date, platforms, gameplay, characters, and what you will actually be doing aboard the Baratie Number Two.

What is One Piece: Grand Gourmet?

One Piece: Grand Gourmet is a restaurant management sim set in the world of One Piece.

Players join the Straw Hat Crew aboard the Baratie Number Two, a floating restaurant that starts small but can apparently be transformed into the finest dining destination on the ocean. The basic loop appears to involve gathering ingredients, coming up with recipes, creating set menus, decorating the restaurant, and attracting characters from across the One Piece world as both staff and customers.

Rather than presenting the series in its usual anime style, Grand Gourmet uses a spritely pixel-art look. Bandai Namco says this is the first time more than 400 One Piece characters have appeared in this kind of pixel style in a game.

It is a very different pitch from the likes of One Piece: Pirate Warriors or One Piece Odyssey, but honestly, it also makes a lot of sense. If any anime has enough weird food, strange locations, and massive personalities to support a restaurant sim, it is probably One Piece.

One Piece: Grand Gourmet release date

One Piece: Grand Gourmet is officially scheduled to launch on October 23, 2026.

Bandai Namco lists that date for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC via Steam, iOS, and Android. The Steam page currently shows October 22, 2026, but that is likely down to regional unlock timing rather than a different global release plan.

Unless Bandai Namco updates the date later, October 23 is the one to go with.

One Piece: Grand Gourmet platforms

One Piece: Grand Gourmet is coming to:

Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch 2
PC via Steam
iOS
Android

That means it will arrive on both current Nintendo platforms, PC, and mobile. There is no PlayStation or Xbox version announced at the time of writing.

The Steam page also lists the PC version as a single-player game with Steam achievements, Steam Cloud support, and Family Sharing. Full PC system requirements have not been detailed yet, with the minimum and recommended specs still marked as TBA.

Who is developing One Piece: Grand Gourmet?

One Piece: Grand Gourmet is being developed by Kairosoft and published by Bandai Namco.

That developer name should immediately make sense to anyone who has ever fallen into the black hole of games like Game Dev Story, Hot Springs Story, Dungeon Village, or one of Kairosoft’s many other cosy management sims. The studio has built its name around small-scale simulation games that are easy to understand, filled with cute pixel art, and usually far harder to stop playing than they first appear.

That makes Kairosoft a pretty natural fit for this kind of One Piece game. Grand Gourmet does not look like it is trying to be a huge open-world pirate adventure. Instead, it seems to be leaning into a focused management loop, then stuffing it full of One Piece characters, locations, dishes, and fan-service interactions.

What do you do in One Piece: Grand Gourmet?

The main aim in One Piece: Grand Gourmet is to build and run a floating restaurant.

Players will work with Sanji to create dishes, pick ingredients, arrange meals into set menus, and keep customers happy. As the restaurant grows, new recipes and opportunities will open up, with players heading out to find more ingredients and ideas.

Bandai Namco has already named a few dishes, including Water-Water Meat BBQ and Sea King Penne Gorgonzola. There will also be special creations inspired by Devil Fruit powers, which should give the game plenty of room to get extremely silly with its menu.

The restaurant itself can also be decorated and customised. Bandai Namco says there will be more than 200 furniture, building, and decorative items, with themes inspired by familiar One Piece locations such as Whole Cake Island and Egghead.

The decoration does not appear to be purely cosmetic either. If certain characters like the look of the restaurant, they may become regular customers.

How many One Piece characters are in Grand Gourmet?

Bandai Namco says One Piece: Grand Gourmet will feature more than 400 characters from the manga and anime.

That includes the Straw Hat Crew, but the wording suggests the roster will stretch far beyond Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook, and Jinbe. The game will include friends, foes, and other familiar faces from across the wider One Piece world.

Characters can appear as staff and customers, and Bandai Namco says players will be able to experience character events and special interactions that are not found anywhere else.

That could be one of the game’s biggest hooks. A restaurant sim is one thing, but a restaurant sim where hundreds of One Piece characters wander in, react to the décor, ask for bizarre food, and potentially unlock unique scenes is a much stronger pitch for fans.

Can you customise the restaurant?

Yes. Restaurant customisation seems to be a major part of One Piece: Grand Gourmet.

Players will be able to choose from more than 200 decorative items to create their own version of the Baratie Number Two. Confirmed themes include dessert-style Whole Cake Island decorations and futuristic Egghead items, which suggests the game will draw from a broad slice of the One Piece timeline and setting.

The customisation system also appears to feed into progression. Bandai Namco says that if a character likes the design, they may become a regular, so players may need to think about who they want to attract, not just what looks nice.

One Piece: Grand Gourmet trailer

Yes. Bandai Namco released an announcement trailer for One Piece: Grand Gourmet alongside the reveal.

The trailer shows the game’s pixel-art style, restaurant-building premise, character appearances, and the general management sim setup. It also gives a first look at how the Baratie Number Two can grow from a small floating eatery into something much grander.

At the moment, Bandai Namco has not shown an extended gameplay deep dive, so there is still more to learn about progression, difficulty, recipe systems, and how involved the day-to-day restaurant management will actually be.

Is One Piece: Grand Gourmet available to pre-order?

Pre-orders are live on Steam, where the game is currently listed ahead of release.

Bandai Namco’s announcement also points players toward pre-orders, but availability may vary by platform and region. Mobile pricing has not been confirmed yet, and it is not currently clear whether the iOS and Android versions will use the same pricing model as the PC and console versions.

For now, the safest answer is that One Piece: Grand Gourmet is available to wishlist or pre-purchase on some storefronts, with more platform-specific details likely to follow before launch.

What we still do not know

There are still a few unanswered questions around One Piece: Grand Gourmet.

Bandai Namco has not yet confirmed the full list of characters, although we know there will be over 400, the exact differences between the Switch and Switch 2 versions, or whether the mobile versions will have any platform-specific changes. We also do not yet know how deep the restaurant systems will go, whether there will be post-launch DLC, or how progression is structured beyond cooking, decorating, and unlocking more recipes.

There is also no confirmation of PlayStation or Xbox versions, so for now this is a Nintendo, PC, and mobile release only.